Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power...etc.
Dear Gentle Reader,
Today Enron’s Ken Delay and Jeff Skilling began their trial in Texas. Enron cheated Californians out of millions of dollars by dishonest practices.
Although Enron has become the poster child of corporate corruption, it’s far from the only company who uses its power and money to evade the law—way too many corporate and governmental leaders seem to have abandoned the honesty as an important virtue.
1. Question: What is the supreme international crime, according to the lead prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (and then Supreme Court, Justice Robert Jackson)?
Answer: A war of aggression. (That is, a pre-emptive war such as the U.S. has carried on in Iraq.)
2. Question: Why did the prosecutor in lobbyist Jack Abramhoff’s case?
Answer: Because he was just nominated to be a Federal Judge by President Bush. The president also has refused to release any of 12 photos taken with Abramoff, who arranged for thousands of dollars to the president’s campaign.)
3. Question: Who said: This whole thing about not kicking someone when they're down -- you kick him until he passes out, then beat him over the head with a baseball bat, then roll him up in an old rug and throw him off a cliff and pound the surf below"?
Answer: Michael Scanlon, who worked for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and pled guilty to charges of corruption. His testimony will be used in DeLay’s trial on campaign financing corruption.
4. Question: Thirty large American companies make up the Dow Jones Industrial Index. How many of those companies have been convicted of crimes?
Answer: Nine. (Nearly 1/3 of them).
5. Question: What exception does the law prohibiting domestic spying by the executive department provide for cases of war (such as the war against terrorism)?
Answer: None.
Pro 14:34 Uprightness and right standing with God (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) elevate a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. (Amplified Version)
Today Enron’s Ken Delay and Jeff Skilling began their trial in Texas. Enron cheated Californians out of millions of dollars by dishonest practices.
Although Enron has become the poster child of corporate corruption, it’s far from the only company who uses its power and money to evade the law—way too many corporate and governmental leaders seem to have abandoned the honesty as an important virtue.
1. Question: What is the supreme international crime, according to the lead prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (and then Supreme Court, Justice Robert Jackson)?
Answer: A war of aggression. (That is, a pre-emptive war such as the U.S. has carried on in Iraq.)
2. Question: Why did the prosecutor in lobbyist Jack Abramhoff’s case?
Answer: Because he was just nominated to be a Federal Judge by President Bush. The president also has refused to release any of 12 photos taken with Abramoff, who arranged for thousands of dollars to the president’s campaign.)
3. Question: Who said: This whole thing about not kicking someone when they're down -- you kick him until he passes out, then beat him over the head with a baseball bat, then roll him up in an old rug and throw him off a cliff and pound the surf below"?
Answer: Michael Scanlon, who worked for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and pled guilty to charges of corruption. His testimony will be used in DeLay’s trial on campaign financing corruption.
4. Question: Thirty large American companies make up the Dow Jones Industrial Index. How many of those companies have been convicted of crimes?
Answer: Nine. (Nearly 1/3 of them).
5. Question: What exception does the law prohibiting domestic spying by the executive department provide for cases of war (such as the war against terrorism)?
Answer: None.
Pro 14:34 Uprightness and right standing with God (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) elevate a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. (Amplified Version)
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